The camera tilts down revealing a huge refinery in a heavy snowstorm. The view moves downward to focus on an industrial vehicle as it carries a group of soldiers up a ramp and out onto an expansive airfield. In the distance, gigantic ore carriers taxi through the blizzard, preparing for takeoff. military.

I've done a lot of animations of various scenes, but this is probably one of the most elaborate. The scene had to be split into several pieces when rendering it, just to fit into memory. As a result, each segment was rendered on its own and seamlessly blended together to make the final shot without apparent camera cuts.

In addition, there were separate passes for the snow and atmospheric elements, which were composited into the base render to produce the final look. The snow was a mix of techniques, using both particles and 2D textures animated across large pieces of simple geometry.

The 3D was created using Lightwave 3D, with textures painted in Photoshop. Compositing was done using Adobe After Effects.

Awesome video man - truly epic. The music played nicely from that wide shot of those escape ships. I think the only thing missing was the environment sound fx - like snow blizzard - the vehicles and alarm sirens would've been great too

I'm in the process of doing a 2d comic style animation i've been planning it for years -[link]The storyboard is complete but painting each scene will take me weeks or months to complete. I may need some tips of you to carry out certain scenes - your video skill knowledge will be vital for my project.

That clip definitely needs sound FX! I don't have any time to add any in right now - but when I do I'll upload the revised version I think with books and sequential art (like a graphic novel) the main challenge is to come up with a style that suits the story but is quick enough to streamline the amount of work involved. It's a lot of work no matter how you break it down

You done an amazing job bro regardless of the soundfx the music of the video really drew me in - the camera work, the animation and specialfx were all excellent When you get the time, which I hope you do - check this [link]here you can find some cool royalty free soundfx. (registration is free).

I find adding the soundfx the fun part in making a film. Its just like painting the world to life.Theres always that learning curb but once you get the know how - adding soundfx shouldn't take too long to finish Took the time to view your other videos pretty awesome man.

I love adding the sound effects. Just need time, and to find some good sounds! There is a lot of good stuff on that link - thanks once again. Now I will try and include sound.

Of course, the other problem is music! I don't suppose you have any leads on that front? I can't see getting much further - getting serious - about video as long as I "pirate" soundtrack music - but it's such an important element. (In fact, the music in some cases inspires me to create the visual).

Yeah, there's always that big risk of using copyrighted material for personal projects -I often mention in my descriptions that my work is not for commercial use and I always add reference where I got the music from (must give credit).

As for the music I believe I found the perfect background music for your film its from the GEARS OF WAR 2 soundtrack:titled: Dom and Maria Composer: Steve Jablonsky[link]

My second recommendation is Two steps from hell : Dawn of war [link]That's if you want a military might feel in the scene.

If you are still concerned about using (C)Music then check out this [link] Im not 100& sure if its royalty free but have a look bro

I can never do art without listening to music its the fuel of my creativity ^^

I hope you can find a way to upload the vid. I really like those open top troop transports you've got here. It'd be neat to see this all in action. So was the video just done as a portfolio piece for you?

Actually (and who knows if this comes across?) the notion is that the soldiers are "hitching a ride on a forklift" - the vehicle is a loader, part of the industrial facility's equipment (as are the shuttles).

I have a story for these (which is kind of under wraps, since I want to do something with it) and the military guys basically have showed up like the National Guard or FEMA due to a crisis.

The animation was done purely for my own amusement - and trying to improve my skill

WOW! I did not know that the picture above was part of a series of images.I love the vehicle. It is one of my weaknesses. The dig and construction vehicles are one of the best examples of the evolution of machinery with a real and practical use. Also this is pure design. From 1 to 10 it deserves a 10!!

Thanks! I also love construction vehicles - it's why this one is yellow. It is some kind of forklift of the future, and the soldiers only use it because they are in a rush to get across the huge complex

I've actually considered revamping it. I would add some details to some of the environment, but mostly I would try to find a better human head to put in the helmets. The character was more or less a Poser figure from a much earlier version. That's my downfall - characters

Overall, the scene holds up pretty well. I think I've learned a few tricks in compositing since then, and I would probably put in some little light flares and things - subtle stuff.

I did the whole thing. It took a couple of months, because I had a full time job so I could only work on it weekends. Design and modeling of vehicles and suits took about half the working time. The full render alone took 2 weeks (all on one machine).Now I would render it at HD - so it would probably take just as long even though I have a much faster machine (originally, it was 960x something - not quite lower end HD).